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Emergence of the Celluloid Maiden

Emergence of the Celluloid Maiden

M. Elise Marubbio

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University Press of Kentucky

DOI:10.5810/kentucky/9780813124148.003.0001

This chapter discusses the arrival of Native American women in mainstream media, specifically Hollywood movies. It looks at the current representation of these women in movies, and introduces a number of new character types that are based on them. Probably the most popular is the celluloid maiden, who is a young Native American woman who forms an alliance with a white colonizer and dies as a result of her choice.

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